Del Rey Books is a branch of Ballantine Books, which is owned by Random House. The Ballantine Publishing Group, better known as Ballantine Books, is a major American book Publisher founded in 1952 by Ian Ballantine. Random House Inc is the world's largest English-language general trade book publisher It is a separate imprint (brand name) established in 1977 under the editorship of author Lester del Rey and his wife Judy-Lynn del Rey. In the Publishing Industry, an imprint can refer to two different things It can mean a Brand name under which a work is published Also 1977 (album by Ash. Year 1977 ( MCMLXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays Lester del Rey ( June 2 1915 &ndash May 10 1993) was an American Science fiction author and editor. Judy-Lynn del Rey née Benjamin ( January 26[[ 943]]&ndash February 20[[ 986]]was a Science fiction editor. It specializes in science fiction and fantasy books, as well as manga under its Del Rey Manga imprint. Fantasy is a Genre that uses magic and other Supernatural forms as a primary element of plot, theme, and/or setting ˈmɑŋgə is the Japanese word for Comics (sometimes called komikku コミック and print Cartoons In their modern form manga date from shortly is the Manga -publishing Imprint of Del Rey Books, a branch of Ballantine Books, which in turn is part of Random House, the publishing division
Authors
- Christopher Rowley
- Mike Shupp
- Frederik Pohl
- Ward Hawkins
- Alan Dean Foster
- Isaac Asimov
- Robert L. Forward
- Amber Benson
- Terry Brooks
- Jack L. Chalker
- Arthur C. Clarke
- Dan Cragg
- Philip K. Dick
- Stephen Donaldson
- David Eddings
- Gregory Frost
- Christopher Golden
- Barbara Hambly
- Katherine Kurtz
- James Luceno
- Anne McCaffrey
- Larry Niven
- H. P. Lovecraft
- David Sherman
- Elizabeth Moon
Series
- The first book published by the imprint was The Sword of Shannara by Terry Brooks in 1977. Christopher Rowley is a prolific writer of both Science fiction and Fantasy novels Frederik George Pohl Jr (born November 26, 1919) is a American Science fiction writer, editor and fan, with a career Ward Hawkins (1912-1990 is an author who wrote from the 1940s through the 1980s Alan Dean Foster (born November 18 1946) is a prolific American writer of Science fiction and Fantasy Novels and movie Isaac Asimov (c January 2 1920 &ndash April 6 1992 ˈaɪzək ˈæzɪmʌv originally Исаак Озимов but now transcribed into Russian as, was a Russian This is about the physicist and science fiction writer You may be looking for his son Robert D Amber Nicole Benson, born on January 8 1977 is an American Actress, Writer, Film director, and Film producer. Terence Dean "Terry" Brooks (born January 8, 1944) is a writer of Fantasy fiction. Jack Laurence Chalker ( December 17, 1944 – February 11, 2005) was an American Science fiction author. Sir Arthur Charles Clarke, CBE (16 December 1917–19 March 2008 was a British Science fiction Author, Inventor, and Dan Cragg (born September 6, 1939, in Rochester NY) is an American soldier essayist and science-fiction author Philip Kindred Dick (December 16 – March 2) was an American Science fiction Novelist and Short story Writer. Stephen Donaldson is the name of Stephen Donaldson, US bisexual LGBT rights activist Stephen R David Eddings (born July 7, 1931) is an American author who has written several best-selling series of epic fantasy novels Gregory Frost (born 1951 is an American author of Science fiction and Fantasy, and directs a fiction writing workshop at Swarthmore College Christopher Golden is an American author of horror, Fantasy, and suspense novels for adults teens and young readers Barbara Hambly (born August 28, 1951) is an award winning and prolific American Novelist and Screenwriter within the genres of Katherine (Irene Kurtz (born 18 October 1944) is the author of numerous Fantasy novels especially the Deryni novels. James Luceno (born in 1947) is the ''New York Times'' bestselling Author of three Star Wars The New Jedi Order novels Anne Inez McCaffrey (born April 1, 1926) is an American Science fiction Author best known for her Dragonriders Laurence van Cott Niven (born April 30, 1938 Los Angeles California) is a US Science fiction author. Howard Phillips Lovecraft ( August 20, 1890 – March 15, 1937) was an American author of horror, fantasy David Sherman is an American novelist who deals overwhelmingly with military themes at the small-unit tactical level Elizabeth Moon (born March 7, 1945) is an award-winning American Science fiction and Fantasy author The Sword of Shannara is a 1977 epic fantasy novel by Terry Brooks. Terence Dean "Terry" Brooks (born January 8, 1944) is a writer of Fantasy fiction.
- Del Rey novelized the Robotech series across over 20 books since 1987. Robotech is a Science fiction franchise that was launched by an 85-episode adaptation of three different Anime Television series. Robotech was adapted into novel form by " Jack McKinney " a pseudonym for the team of James Luceno and the late Brian Daley
- Del Rey is currently the publisher of the adult Star Wars novels while Scholastic Press deals with young reader Star Wars books. Star Wars is an epic Space opera franchise initially conceived by George Lucas during the 1970s and significantly expanded The Scholastic Corporation (or sometimes referred to as Scholastic Press; in other cases Scholastic Inc
- Del Rey novelized the popular video game series Halo. Halo is a Science fiction Video game franchise created by Bungie and owned and published by Microsoft Game Studios.
- Del Rey is the publisher for the Ghosts of Albion novels by Amber Benson and Christopher Golden. Halo The Fall of Reach is a 2001 science fiction Novel by Eric Nylund based on the ''Halo'' series of video games and acts as a prequel Halo The Flood is a 2003 Novel based on the 2001 Xbox video game Halo Combat Evolved written by William C Halo First Strike is the third novel in the ''Halo'' series and the second Halo novel written by Eric Nylund. Ghosts of Albion started as a Computer-animated web movie series on the BBC 's Website and has now spawned two book adaptations and two novels Amber Nicole Benson, born on January 8 1977 is an American Actress, Writer, Film director, and Film producer. Christopher Golden is an American author of horror, Fantasy, and suspense novels for adults teens and young readers
- Accursed (October 2005)
- Witchery (September 2006)
- A series of tie-in novels with the film Batman Begins was published throughout 2006 and 2007. Batman Begins is a 2005 American Superhero film based on the fictional DC Comics character Batman, directed by
- Batman: Dead White (July 2006)
- Batman: Inferno (October 2006)
- Batman: Fear Itself (February 2007)
External links
- Del Rey Online - official site
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